Frank's Feast

A Little Extra Sunshine By Frank Whitman This week I bought a box of grapefruit from the Wilton Kiwanis Club. It’s a fundraiser for them, …

 One family’s Christmas food tradition. By Frank Whitman In 2018 I visited the Arias family in Norwalk as they spent a day making tamales for …

Christmas Menu Traditions By Frank Whitman At our house, Christmas food traditions tend to be static, slowly evolving at best and stubbornly hard to change. …

Connecticut  – a Special Place for Christmas By Frank Whitman Christmas in Connecticut is something we take for granted, but beyond our borders, it’s seen …

These restaurant awards are Crazie By Frank Whitman Everyone loves awards, especially if they’re presented at an elaborate and glitzy celebration.   Think Oscars, Tonys …

Is There Any Brandy in the House? By Frank Whitman In old movies, the kind where the men wore suits and the women dresses, there …

The editor who fed America’s hunger for something new By Frank Whitman Have you ever heard of Judith Jones?  I’ll bet that you have more …

The kind of restaurant that draws you back By Frank Whitman When a restaurant owner makes a recommendation for a restaurant other than his own, …

A Favorite Hidden-gem Wine Region  By Frank Whitman There’s more to France than just Paris, Provence and the Riviera, and there’s more to French wine …

A Restaurant Stress Reliever By Frank Whitman A weekend dinner at a nice restaurant is an effective antidote to the weekday routine. A delicious meal …